- SURNAME
Arnau
- FORENAME
Robert Roland
- UNIT
21 Special Operations Squadron
- RANK
Major
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Distinguished Flying Cross with 2 oak leaf clusters
- PLACE
South East Asia 1969-70
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 3.6.1933 Hollywood,Florida
son of Julian and Leona Arnau
helicopter pilot
married Mary Angela Mascaro 1963 (2 sons Robert and John,1 daughter Michelle)
died 24.2.2015 Riverside,California (last residence)
Riverside National Cemetery,Riverside,Riverside County,California Section 59C Site 1028
Bob Arnau was born on June 3, 1933 in Hollywood, Florida to Julian and Leona Arnau. He was his high school class president and became the first person in his family to attend college, earning a full scholarship to the University of Miami (Fla). He graduated from the "U" with a Civil Engineering degree in 1955. After completing ROTC, he entered the US Air Force and earned his pilot wings in 1956 at Webb Air Force Base, Texas. Bob married Mary Angela Mascaro in 1963 in Lubbock, Texas and they spent the next 52 years traveling the world together, very much in love.
Colonel Arnau served 29 years in the Air Force as a pilot, engineer and commander. He was a highly decorated Vietnam Veteran helicopter pilot, receiving multiple medals of valor earned in combat, including three distinguished flying crosses. Colonel Arnau honorably retired from the Air Force at March Air Force Base in 1984 and went to work for Riverside County as the Director of the General Services Agency. During his ten year service, he supervised the construction of the Riverside Hall of Justice, the Robert Presley Detention Facility, the Health and Welfare Administrative Center, the Victor Miceli Law Library addition, multiple sheriff stations and numerous other buildings. He retired from Riverside County in 1993 and taught at the UC Riverside Adult Extension Program for several years.
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